Metamaterials may eliminate friction

Scientist Live carried a story on discovery by Ames Laboratory researchers that metamaterials can be used to create a repulsive Casimir force that may eliminate friction in nanoscale machines. (Go to story)

Eliminating mechanical friction in nanotechnology

R&D Online carried a story on a discovery by Ames Laboratory researchers that uses chiral metamaterials to create a repulsive Casimir force that may eliminate friction in nanoscale machinery. (Go to story)

Resonant Approach to Quantum Problem

David Bradley of SpectroscopyNow.com writes about a discovery that could bring quantum computing a step closer. Ames Laboratory physicist Slava Dobrovitski was a co-author of a paper published by researchers at the University of California at Santa Barbara, "Gigahertz Dynamics of a Strongly Driven Single Quantum Spin" that appeared in the Nov. 19 online Science Express.

Ames Laboratory Engineers Design and Build Glacier Simulation Machine (go to article)

National Academy report cites Ames Laboratory's strength in new materials research (go to article)

National Academy report cites Ames Laboratory's strength in new materials research

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National Academy report cites Ames Laboratory's strength in new materials research
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National Academy report cites Ames Laboratory's strength in new materials research

According to a recent report by the National Research Council of the National Academy of Sciences, the United States, once the world leader in the discovery and growth of crystalline materials, is now falling behind other nations. Citing a decline in large U.S. industrial research laboratories and new investment by foreign governments as the cause behind this slippage, the report also singles out the U.S. Department of Energy's national laboratories as one of the bright spots, citing the Ames Laboratory both as a center for new materials research and as a training ground for the next generation of researchers. (go to article)

Ames Lab masters materials research and development

The Ames Tribune's Ames Business Quarterly magazine has a feature on the economic impact of Iowa State University on the local community, including an article on the Ames Laboratory. Ames Tribune reporter Bob Zintara speaks with Ames Lab Director Alex King. (go to the article)

T-ray a new tool for Ames Lab, ISU Researchers

PhysOrg.com) -- A new, $500,000 instrument recently went about its work emitting and reading high-speed pulses of silent and invisible terahertz rays.

As it did, Thomas Chiou explained how the technology would allow Iowa State University researchers to take a close and unique look at materials reliability, biofuels combustion, environmental clean-up, cancer screening, biomass conversion, ionic liquids and many other research areas in science and engineering.

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Laboratory Network carried an article on research being conducted by Ames Laboratory senior metallurgist Rohit Trivedi to study the growth of crystals in the microgravity aboard the International Space Station. (Go to article)

Ames Laboratory researcher on The Daily Show

Ames Laboratory researcher Gene Takle appeared on the Daily Show. Takle, who is investigating the effects of wind turbine farms on climate, is one of three scientists interviewed in a Daily Show segment on "Our Dead Planet." (Go to Video)

Ames Laboratory scientist using low-gravity space station lab to study crystal growth

Innovations Report carried an article on research being conducted by Ames Laboratory senior metallurgist Rohit Trivedi to study the growth of crystals in the microgravity aboard the International Space Station. (Go to article)

Crystals to grow in low gravity on Space Station

An experiment to study crystal growth patterns in a microgravity environment that is on its way to the International Space Station may have important implications for developing new materials. (Go to article)

Crystals in Space

R&D magazine online carried a story about an Ames Laboratory researcher, Rohit Trivedi, who will be studying crystal growth by conducting experiments aboard the International Space Station.
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